Trump-backed House Hopeful Harriet Hageman Spoke To Supporters In Cheyenne Tuesday Night After She Clobbered Her Former Friend Liz Cheney In Wyoming s Republican Primary
Trump-backed House hopeful Harriet Hageman spoke to supporters in Cheyenne Tuesday night after she clobbered her former friend Liz Cheney in Wyoming's Republican primary.
She said: 'Today, Wyoming has spoken.'
She characterized her win as an effort to 'dislodge entrenched politicians' from Washington, D.C.'s 'uni-party - those Democrats and Republicans who don't really care which party is in power, just as long as they are.'
'Wyoming has put the elites on notice,' Hageman said, adding that if you want to represent the Cowboy State, 'you damn better well live in Wyoming.'
Moments before, in her concession speech, Cheney hinted at a future presidential run, making comparisons to Abraham Lincoln, who lost a string of races before winning the White House.
'Abraham Lincoln was defeated in elections for the Senate and House before he won the most important election of all,' Cheney noted.
Cheney spoke about how she had won her primary two years ago by 73 points. 'I could easily have done the same again - the path was clear,' she said.
All she had to do, she said, was peddle former President Donald Trump's election fraud lies and enable his attacks on the democratic system.
'That is a path I could not and would not take,' Cheney said.
'This is not a game,' Cheney warned. 'Everyone of us must be committed to the eternal defense of this miraculous experiment called America,' she said.
Former President Donald Trump - who made Cheney his No. 1 2022 target - reveled in her loss.
'This is a wonderful result for America, and a complete rebuke of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs,' the ex-president said.
'Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and pinfaves.com actions towards others,' Trump continued.
'Now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion where, I am sure, she will be much happier than she is right now.'
Lawyer Harriet Hageman delivers a victory speech Tuesday in Cheyenne.
She said her win 'has put elites on notice'
Harriet Hageman (right) waves to her supporters from onstage her event in Cheyenne alongside her husband John Sundahl (left)
Republican Rep.
Liz Cheney said Tuesday night that she called and conceded the Wyoming primary race to the Trump-backed Harriet Hageman
Mary Fichtner, Hageman's college best friend who has volunteered with the campaign, holds a poster during the primary election night party of the GOP winner
Rep.
Liz Cheney spoke to supporters outside Tuesday night at the Mead Ranch in Jackson, Wyoming
Former President Donald Trump reveled in Rep.
Liz Cheney's loss - as he had made the impeachment backer and January 6 committee member his No. 1 2022 target to take out
Rep.
Liz Cheney's parents Lynne Cheney (left) and former Vice President Dick Cheney (right) sat in the audience as she delivered her concession speech
Harriet Hageman's supporters cheer Tuesday night at her victory party in Cheyenne
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Rep.
Liz Cheney told supporters she had called Harriet Hageman and conceded as the race was being called, making the point that part of American democracy is accepting 'honorably' election results
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